President Tony Tan hosts reception for over 300 Team Singapore athletes
President Tony Tan Keng Yam hosted a reception for more than 300 Team Singapore athletes to celebrate and honour their achievements in 2014.
President Tony Tan Keng Yam hosted a reception for more than 300 Team Singapore athletes to celebrate and honour their achievements in 2014.
Team Singapore medallists — 61 of them — from the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games were rewarded with a combined $3.44 million for their achievements.
The duo won the final Race 9 to come in first overall for the Hansa303 Double Handed event.
The 17th Asian Games closed today and Singapore's contingent of 223 athletes in 20 sports finished with five gold, six silver, and 13 bronze medals (5–6–13).
Feng Tianwei clinched the women's singles bronze. Her medal is also Singapore's final medal of the Incheon Asian Games.
Almost half the sailing contingent that travelled to South Korea are first-timers at the Asian Games.
The Singapore men's water polo team defeated Kuwait 10–6, securing fifth place in the Asiad water polo competition.
Muhammad Naqib and Lee Cheng Wei (above) respectively clocked the two fastest reaction times of the men's 200m heats en route to qualifying for the semi-finals tomorrow. The latter equalled his personal best.